伴盟評論：
2020開始，柬埔寨七年級（約13歲）的性教育將包括認識及尊重不同性傾向與性別認同的多元性別教育。柬埔寨教育部官員表示這與平等密切相關也為了消弭歧視與霸凌，與教育部合作一同開發相關課程的同志運動人士
Srun Srorn表示目前已有3100位教師接受新教材的培訓，其中除了極少數教師非常恐同而有所抗拒之外，多數教師非常熱誠地參與其中，多元性別課程知能培訓的過程中，至少已有五個老師自己公開出櫃XD
心得: 小編覺得雖然開始得有點晚了，但總之是好的開始！
新聞內文：
PHNOM PENH (Cambodia) — Children in Cambodia will receive lessons on LGBT+ issues from 2020 in a bid to wipe out bullying and discrimination in the socially conservative country, an official said on Tuesday (Dec 10).
From grade seven, around age 13, modules covering sexual orientation and gender identity will be part of sex education in schools, said Mr Yung Kunthearith, deputy director of the education ministry’s department of health studies.
“It’s about equality,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “We want our children to be aware of these issues and know that no one should be discriminated against in school or any part of life.”
Cambodia has no legislation that deals specifically with LGBT+ people. Same sex marriages are neither criminalised nor officially recognised by the state.
While acceptance of LGBT+ people in Cambodia is increasing, one in three report harassment in the workplace, according to research released this week by the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights, a non-government organisation.
Some are still forced by parents into unwanted marriages or so-called conversion therapy with traditional healers, which aims to make them straight or not transgender, campaigners say.
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The new classes would help “cultivate a rights-based mindset so children can exercise their agency to transform discriminatory norms,” said Mr Ryan Silverio, regional coordinator for the Asean SOGIE Caucus, an advocacy group.
The move puts Cambodia at the forefront of LGBT+ education in South-east Asia, with neighbouring Thailand the only other nation known to have included such issues in mainstream teaching, he added.
So far, 3,100 Cambodian teachers have been trained to deliver the new material, according to Mr Srun Srorn, an LGBT+ activist who developed the modules with the Education Ministry.
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He said that while there was some resistance among “very homophobic” teachers, the program had generally been received with “enthusiasm” and at least five teachers had come out during the training.
“This is a win for us already,” he said, adding that bullying and discrimination was rife among students and teachers.
“We have to start now. In 10, 20 years’ time, the students of today will be business owners, they will be governors … then we will have change.” REUTERS
